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Courses  in  Drama  Study 

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The  Drama  League 
of  America 

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Course  A 

Revised  July,  1911 


Some  Significant  Modern  Dramas 


This  course  was  prepared  by  the  follow- 
ing Committee: 

Miss  Elizabeth  Wallace,  Chairman,  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago. 

Prof.  Robert  M.  Lovett,  University  of 
Chicago. 

Prof.  S.  H.  Clark,  University  of  Chicago. 

— 1910- 


Committee  on  Revision. 

Prof.  S.  H.  Clark,  The  University  of 
Chicago. 

Prof.  C.  H.  Page,  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity. 

Mr.  W.  N.  C.  Carlton,  The  Newberry 
Library. 


Thanks  are  due  to  Prof.  Paul  Shorey, 
Prof.  S.  W.  Cutting,  and  Prof.  Myra  Rey- 
nolds for  valuable  suggestions. 


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The  following  outline  has  been  prepared 
for  the  use  of  clubs  and  individuals  affili- 
ated with  the  Drama  League  of  America. 
Copies  of  the  leaflet  may  be  purchased  for 
10c  each.  Every  member  of  the  League  is 
entitled  to  one  copy  without  charge. 

The  names  and  addresses  of  readers  and 
lecturers  will  be  kept  on  file,  together  with 
their  programs  and  terms.  Individuals  or 
clubs  desiring  such  information  may  com- 
municate with  the  chairman  of  the  Lecture 
Bureau  Department  of  the  Educational 
Committee,  Mrs.  Nathan  B.  Lewis,  5435 
Magnolia  Avenue,  Chicago. 

COURSE  A. 

SOME  SIGNIFICANT  MODERN 
DRAMAS. 

This  course  is  designed  to  awaken  an  in- 
terest in  the  reading  and  seeing  of  plays. 

Books  for  Reading  and  Reference. 

Archer,  William.  The  Theatrical  World, 
1894-1898.  Walter  Scott,  Ltd.,  London. 

Note:  Very  helpful,  not  only  for  its 

criticism  of  contemporary  plays,  but  also  for 
its  acute  and  illuminating  comment  on  the 
arts  of  play-writing  and  acting. 

Hale,  E.  E.,  Jr.  Dramatists  of  to-day. 
Holt,  N.  Y $1.50 


Books  herein  mentioned  for  sale  by 
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Hamilton,  Clayton.  The  Theory  of  the 
Theatre,  and  other  principles  of  dramatic 
criticism.  Holt,  N.  Y $1.50 

Huneker,  James.  Iconoclasts:  a book  of 
dramatists.  Scribners,  N.  Y $1.50 

Matthews,  Brander.  The  Development 
of  the  Drama.  Scribners,  N.  Y $1.25 

Shaw,  Geo.  Bernard.  Dramatic  Opinions 
and  Essays.  2 vols.  Brentano,  N.  Y. . . .$2.50 

Woodbridge,  E.  The  Drama,  its  Law 
and  Technique.  Allyn  & Bacon,  Bos- 
ton   $0.80 

PLAYS. 

Note:  The  arrangement  is  alphabetical 
by  names  of  authors. 

Echegaray,  Jose. 

1.  The  Great  Galeoto.  John  Lane  Co., 

N.  Y $2.00 

Galdos,  Perez. 

2.  The  Grandfather.  R.  G.  Badger,  Bos- 

ton   $1.25 

Galsworthy,  John. 

3.  Strife. 

4.  The  Silver  Box. 

In  Plays:  The  Silver  Box,  Joy, 
Strife.  Putnams,  N.  Y $1.35 

Hauptmann,  Gerhardt. 

5.  The  Weavers.  B.  W.  Huebsch,  N. 

Y $1.00 

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6.  The  Sunken  Bell:  a fairy  play  in  five 

acts.  Doubleday,  Page  & Co.,  N. 

Y $1.00 

Ibsen,  Henrik. 

7.  A Doll's  House. 

8.  An  Enemy  of  the  People. 

W.  H.  Baker  & Co.,  Boston,  25 
cents  each;  or,  Scribners,  N.  Y., 
$1.00  each,  with  very  useful  intro- 
ductions by  William  Archer. 

Jones,  Henry  Arthur. 

9.  The  Liars.  Samuel  French,  N. 

Y  $0.50 

Maeterlinck,  Maurice. 

10.  The  Blind. 

11.  The  Intruder. 

In  Plays:  Princess  Maleine,  The 
Intruder,  The  Blind,  The  Seven 
Princesses.  Duffield  & Co.,  N. 

Y  $1.25 

12.  The  Blue  Bird.  A fairy  play  in  five 

acts.  Dodd,  Mead  & Co.,  N. 

Y  $1.20 

Moody,  William  Vaughan. 

13.  The  Great  Divide.  The  Macmillan 

Co.,  N.  Y t $1.25 

Peabody,  Josephine  Preston. 

14.  The  Piper.  Houghton,  Mifflin  Co. 

Boston  $1.10 

Phillips,  Stephen. 

15.  Ulysses.  The  Macmillan  Co.,  N.  Y. 

$1.25 

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The  Dramatic  Pub.  Co.,  542  So.  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago 
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Pinero,  Sir  Arthur  Wing. 

16.  The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray.  W.  H. 


Baker  & Co.,  Boston $0.50 

Rostand,  Edmond. 

17.  Cyrano  de  Bergerac.  T.  Y.  Crowell 

& Co.,  N.  Y $0.35 

Shaw,  George  Bernard. 

18.  Arms  and  the  Man. 

19.  Candida. 

In  Plays,  pleasant  and  unpleasant, 


v.  2.  2 vols.  Brentano,  N.  Y..$2.50 

Sudermann,  Hermann. 

20.  Magda.  Samuel  French,  N.  Y..$0.50 

Thomas,  Augustus. 

21.  The  Witching  Hour.  Harper  & 


Bros.,  N.  Y $1.50 

Wilde,  Oscar. 

22.  Lady  Windermere's  Fan.  W.  H. 
Baker  & Co.,  Boston $0.50 


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DRAMA  LEAGUE  OF  AMERICA. 

President — Mrs.  A.  Starr  Best,  1936 
Orrington  Ave.,  Evanston,  111. 

Secretary— -Mrs.  H.  P.  Jones,  5529  Cor- 
nell Ave.,  Chicago. 

Treasurer — Wm.  T.  Abbott,  Central  Trust 
Co.  of  Illinois,  125  W.  Monroe  St.,  Chicago. 

EDUCATIONAL  COMMITTEE 

1911-1912 

Executive  Secretary  — Mary  Gray  Peck, 
4581  Oakenwald  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Drama  Study  Department — Chairman,  Di. 
George  P.  Baker,  Harvard  University. 

Junior  Department — Chairman,  Cora  Mel 
Patten,  4858  Champlain  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Teachers’  Department — Chairman,  Lucy  M. 
Johnston,  1455  E.  54th  St.,  Chicago. 

Lecture  Bureau — Chairman,  Mrs.  Nathan 

B.  Lewis,  5435  Magnolia  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Library  Department — Chairman,  Mr.  W.  N. 

C.  Carlton,  Librarian,  Newberry  Library,  Chi- 
cago. 

Plays  for  Amateur  Acting — Chairman, 
Elvira  D.  Cabell,  5630  Monroe  Ave.,  Chi- 
cago. 

Publication  Department — Chairman,  Bar- 
rett Clark,  Chicago  University,  Chicago. 


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Courses  in  Drama  Study 

Prepared  by 

The  Drama  League 
of  America 


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General  Federation  of  Women’s  Clubs 
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Course  B 

Revised  July,  1911 


Types  of  Drama:  Tragedy — 
Melodrama — Comedy — Farce 


This  course  was  originally  prepared  for 
the  Drama  League  by  the  following  com- 
mittee of  the  Drama  Club  of  Evanston: 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Meaker,  Jr.,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  E.  Page. 

Mrs.  Guy  S.  McCabe. 

Mrs.  Frederick  W.  Harnwell. 

Mrs.  William  E.  Nichols. 

—1910- 


Committee  on  Revision. 

Prof.  S.  H.  Clark,  The  University  of 
Chicago. 

Prof.  C.  H.  Page,  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity. 

Mr.  W.  N.  C.  Carlton,  The  Newberry 
Library. 

— 1911 — 


The  following  course  has  been  prepared 
for  the  use  of  clubs  and  individuals  affili- 
ated with  the  Drama  League  of  America. 
It  makes  no  pretence  whatever  to  being 
exhaustive  or  widely  comprehensive.  The 
choice  of  books  and  plays  here  mentioned 
has  been  subject  at  every  point  to  the  limi- 
tations of  price,  availability  of  translations, 
whether  in  print  or  not,  etc. 

Copies  of  this  leaflet  may  be  purchased 
for  25  cents  each.  Every  member  of  the 
League  is  entitled  to  one  copy  without 
charge. 

The  names  and  addresses  of  readers  and 
lecturers  upon  drama  will  be  kept  on  file, 
together  with  their  programs  and  terms. 
Individuals  or  clubs  desiring  information 
may  communicate  with  Mrs.  Nathan  B. 
Lewis,  5435  Magnolia  Ave.,  Chicago. 

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COURSE  B. 


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TYPES  OF  DRAMA. 
TRAGEDY,  MELODRAMA,  COMEDY, 
FARCE. 


REPRESENTATIVE  CLASSICAL 
TRAGEDIES. 

Aeschylus.  The  House  of  Atreus.  Trans- 
lated by  E.  D.  A.  Morshead.  The  Mac- 
millan Co.,  N.  Y $1.00 

Note:  This  work  contains  three  trag- 
edies. 

Euripides.  Euripides;  translated  into 
English  rhyming  verse,  by  Gilbert  Murray. 
Longmans,  N.  Y $2.00 

Note:  Contains  translations  of  “Hip- 

polytus”  and  “Bacchae.” 

Sophocles.  Antigone;  translated  with  in- 
troduction and  notes  by  G.  H.  Palmer. 
Houghton,  Mifflin  Co.,  Boston $0.75 

In  studying  the  Greek  drama  the  student 
will  derive  much  help  and  assistance  from 
the  following  works: 

Campbell,  Lewis.  Guide  to  Greek  Tragedy 
for  English  Readers.  Putnam,  N.  Y...$1.50 

Haigh,  A.  E.  The  Tragic  Drama  of  the 
Greeks.  Oxford  University  Press,  N.  Y. 

$3.40 

Moulton,  R.  G.  Ancient  Classical  Drama. 
Oxford  University  Press,  N.  Y $2.25 

Symonds,  J.  A.  Studies  of  the  Greek 
Poets.  3d  ed.  A.  & C.  Black,  London. 
25  shillings. 

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FOUR  REPRESENTATIVE  SHAKES- 
PEAREAN TRAGEDIES. 

OTHELLO. 

MACBETH. 

KING  LEAR. 

HAMLET. 

There  are  innumerable  editions  of 
Shakespeare’s  works  both  collected  and  in 
the  form  of  single  plays.  Excellent  com- 
plete one  volume  editions  are: 

Shakespeare,  W.  Works;  ed.  by  W.  G. 
Clark  and  W.  A.  Wright.  (Globe  edition.) 


The  Macmillan  Co.,  N.  Y $1.75 

Shakespeare,  W.  Works;  ed.  by  W.  A. 
Neilson.  (Cambridge  edition.)  Houghton, 
Mifflin  Co.,  Boston $3.00 

Shakespeare,  W.  Complete  Works;  edited 
with  a glossary  by  W.  J.  Craig.  Clarendon 

Press,  Oxford  $1.25 

Oxford  India  paper,  $2.50 


In  studying  the  tragedies  of  Shakespeare 
the  following  works  will  be  found  both 
useful  and  informing: 

Bradley,  A.  C.  Shakespearean  Tragedy. 
The  Macmillan  Co.,  N.  Y., $3.25 

Brandes,  G.  William  Shakespeare.  The 
Macmillan  Co.,  N.  Y $2.60 

Dowden,  E.  Mind  and  Art  of  Shakes- 
peare. Harpers,  N.  Y $1.75 

Moulton,  R.  G.  Shakespeare  as  a Dram- 
atic Artist.  Oxford  Univ.  Press,  N.  Y.$1.90 


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FOUR  MODERN  TRAGEDIES 


Annunzio,  G.  d\  Francesca  da  Rimini; 
translated  by  Arthur  Symons.  F.  A. 
Stokes  Co.,  N.  Y $1.00 

Echegaray,  Jose.  Mariana;  translated  by 
James  Graham.  Little,  Brown  & Co.,  Bos- 
ton  $1.00 

Galsworthy,  J.  Justice;  a tragedy  in  four 
acts.  Scribners,  N.  Y $0.60 

Ibsen,  H.  Ghosts.  Translated  by  Wm. 
Archer.  Scribners,  N.  Y $1.00 

FIVE  GREAT  COMEDIES. 

Aristophanes.  The  Birds;  translated  by 
J.  H.  Frere. 

Published  in:  Aristophanes.  The  Achar- 
nians,  The  Knights,  and  The  Birds,  (Every- 
man’s Library,  No.  344).  Dutton,  N.  Y.  .$0.35 

Shakespeare,  W.  As  You  Like  It. 

Moliere,  J.  B.  P.  The  Learned  Ladies. 
(“Les  Femmes  Savantes.”) 

Published  in:  (1)  Moliere’s  Dramatic 
Works;  translated  into  English  prose  by  C. 
H.  Wall.  3 vols.  (Bohn’s  Standard  Library.) 
The  Macmillan  Co.,  N.  Y.,  $3.00.  (2) 

French  Classics  for  English  Readers: 
Moliere;  translated  by  Curtis  Hidden  Page. 
2 vols.  Putnams,  N.  Y $5.00 

Goldsmith,  O.  She  Stoops  to  Conquer. 
Published  in:  O.  Goldsmith.  Poems  and 
Plays.  (Everyman’s  Library,  No.  415.)  Dut- 
ton, N.  Y $0.35 

Sheridan,  R.  B.  School  for  Scandal. 
Published  in:  R.  B.  Sheridan.  Plays. 
(Everyman’s  Library,  No.  95.)  Dutton,  N. 
Y $0.35 


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MODERN  COMEDY 

Barker,  H.  Granville.  The  Voysey  In- 
heritance. 

Published  in:  H.  G.  Barker.  Three  Plays. 
Brentano,  N.  Y $1.50 

Ibsen,  H.  Peer  Gynt.  Translated  by  Wm. 
Archer.  Scribners,  N.  Y $1.00 

Jones,  H.  A.  Mrs.  Dane's  Defense:  a 
comedy  in  four  acts.  S.  French,  N.  Y. 
Paper,  $0.50;  cloth,  $0.75 

Mackaye,  Percy.  The  Scarecrow.  The 
Macmillan  Co.,  N.  Y $1.25 

Shaw,  G.  B.  You  Never  Can  Tell;  a 
comedy  in  four  acts. 

Published  in:  G.  B.  Shaw.  Plays:  Pleas- 
ant and  Unpleasant.  2 vols.  Brentano,  N. 
Y $2.50 


MELODRAMA 

Jones,  H.  A.  The  Silver  King;  a drama 


in  five  acts.  S.  French,  N.  Y.  Paper,. $0.50; 
cloth,  $0.75 

Shaw,  G.  B.  The  Devil’s  Disciple. 
Published  in:  G.  B.  Shaw.  Three  Plays 
for  Puritans.  Brentano,  N.  Y $1.50 


Thomas,  Augustus.  Arizona:  a drama  in 
four  acts.  Chicago,  Dramatic  Publishing 
Co.  (C.  H.  Sergei.) 

FARCE 

Pinero,  Sir  A.  W.  The  Magistrate.  W. 


H.  Baker,  Boston $0.50 

Wilde,  O.  The  Importance  of  Being 
Earnest.  W.  H.  Baker,  Boston $0.50 


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EDUCATIONAL  COMMITTEE 


Executive  Secretary — Mary  Gray  Peck, 
Madison  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Drama  Study  Department — Chairman,  Dr. 
George  P.  Baker,  Harvard  University. 

Junior  Department — Chairman,  Cora  Mel 
Patten,  4558  Champlain  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Teachers’  Department — Chairman,  Lucy  M. 
Johnston,  1455  E.  54th  St.,  Chicago. 

Lecture  Bureau — Chairman,  Mrs.  Nathan 

B.  Lewis,  5435  Magnolia  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Library  Department — Chairman,  Mr.  W.  N. 

C.  Carlton,  Librarian,  Newberry  Library,  Chi- 
cago. 

Plays  for  Amateur  Acting — Chairman, 
Elvira  D.  Cabell,  5630  Monroe  Ave.,  Chi- 
cago. 

Publication  Department — Chairman,  Bar- 
rett Clark,  Chicago  University,  Chicago. 


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Course  C 


Racial  Types  of  Dramas 


This  course  was  prepared  for  the  Drama 
League  by  the  following  committee  of  the 
Drama  Club  of  Evanston: 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Meaker,  Jr.,  Chairman. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  E.  Page. 

Mrs.  Guy  S.  McCabe. 

Mrs.  Frederick  W,  Harnwell. 

Mrs.  William  E.  Nichols. 


The  following  outline  has  been  prepared  for 
the  use  of  clubs  and  individuals  affiliated  with 
the  Drama  League  of  America.  It  is  merely 
suggestive  and  should  be  considered  as  such 
in  the  planning  of  club  programs. 

Copies  of  this  leaflet  may  be  purchased  for 
25c  each.  Every  member  of  the  League  is 
entitled  to  one  copy  without  charge. 

More  detailed  programs  or  correspondence 
courses  will  be  arranged  upon  application  and 
the  payment  of  a small  fee.  All  communica- 
tions concerning  programs,  class  leaders  and 
lecturers  for  clubs  may  be  sent  to  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Educational  Committee,  Mrs.  J. 
W.  Meaker,  Jr.,  2431  Pioneer  Road,  Evanston, 
Illinois. 


COURSE  C. 

RACIAL  TYPES  OF  DRAMA. 

INDIA. 

Sudraka’s  “Mrichchhakatika”  (“The  Little 
Clay  Cart”). 

Publisher,  Ginn  & Co.  Price,  $1.50. 

Kalidasa's  “Sakuntala.” 

Publisher,  Walter  Scott.  Price,  40c. 

References : H.  H.  Wilson's  “Selected 

Specimens  of  the  Theatre  of  the  Hindus.” 
Publisher,  Trubner  & Co.,  London,  1835 
and  1871.  Now  out  of  print.  Copies  can 
be  picked  up.  Price,  probably  $9.00. 


These  books  for  sale  by  A.  C.  McClurg  & Co.,  Chicago 
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MacdoneH’s  “Sancrit  Literature/'  Pub- 
lisher, Appleton.  Price,  $1.50. 

Library  of  the  World’s  Best  Literature, 
Vol.  XV. 

Encyclopaedia  Britannica,  Vol.  XXI.,  p.  285. 
Ninth  Edition. 

GREECE. 

Sophocles  '‘Oedipus  Rex.” 

Translator,  F.  A.  Paley,  ed. 

Publisher,  Macmillan.  Price,  40c. 

Euripedes'  “Medea.” 

Translator,  Bell. 

Publisher,  Macmillan.  Price,  30c. 

Aristophanes'  “The  Clouds.” 

Frere’s  Translation. 

Publisher,  Everyman's  Library.  Price,  35c. 

References : Lawton's  “The  Dramas  of  Eu- 
ripedes.” Publisher,  Houghton-Mifflin. 
Price,  $1.50. 

Jevon's  “History  of  Greek  Literature.”  Pub- 
lisher, Scribner.  Price,  $2.50. 

Mahaffy's  “History  of  Classical  Greek  Lit- 
erature.” Publisher,  Macmillan.  Price, 
2 vols.,  each,  $2.25. 

Haigh’s  “The  Attic  Theatre.”  Publisher, 
Oxford  Press.  Price,  $3.00. 

ROME. 

Seneca’s  “Medea.” 

Edited  by  H.  M.  Kingery. 

Publisher,  H.  M.  Kingery,  Crawfordsville, 
Indiana.  Price,  25c. 

Also  Oxford  Press.  Price,  $2.40.  Translator, 
E.  I.  Harris. 

Plautus’  “The  Captives.” 

Translator,  A.  R.  S.  Hallidie. 

Publisher,  MacMillan.  Price,  90c. 

Terence's  “The  Brothers.” 

Translator,  W.  Wagner. 

Publisher,  MacMillan  Co.  Price,  40c. 


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References:  Vaughan’s  “Types  of  Tragic 
Drama.”  Publisher,  MacMillan.  Price, 
$1.60. 

Brander  Matthews’  “Development  of  the 
Drama.”  Publisher,  Scribner.  Price,  $1.25 
Mantzius’  “History  of  Theatrical  Art.”  Vol. 
I.  Publisher,  J.  B.  Lippincott.  Price,  $3.00 

SPAIN 

Lope  de  Vegas’  “Discreet  Revenge.” 
References : The  plays  of  De  Vega  are  not 
translated  into  English,  but  an  excellent 
analysis  of  them  will  be  found  in  Sis- 
mondi’s  “Historical  View  of  the  Liter- 
ature of  the  South  of  Europe.”  2 vols. 
Publisher,  MacMillan.  Price,  each  $1.00. 
See  also  Ticknor's  “History  of  Spanish 
Literature.”  3 vols.  Publisher,  Houghton 
Mifflin.  Price,  $10.00  and  $15.00. 

J.  Fitzmaurice  Kelly’s  “Spanish  Literature.” 
Publisher,  D.  Appleton  & Co.  Price,  $1.50. 
Calderon’s  “The  Alcade  of  Zalamea.”  and  “The 
Constant  Prince.” 

References:  Hassell’s  Calderon  (Foreign 
Classics  for  English  Readers  edited  by 
Mrs.  Oliphant.) 

Publisher,  Lippincott.  Price,  $1.00. 
Ticknor’s  “History  of  Spanish  Literature.” 
See  above. 

Echegaray’s  “The  Great  Galeoto.”  John  Lane 
& Co.,  N.  Y.  Price,  $2.00. 

Echegaray’s  “Mariana.” 

Translator,  James  Graham.  Little,  Brown 
& Co.  Price,  $1.00 

References : The  English  translations  of 
Echegaray’s  plays  contain  valuable  pre- 
faces. 

See  also  The  Forum  on  “The  Drama”  1908. 
The  Contemporary  Review.  Vol.  LXIV. 
The  Atlantic  Monthly,  1908. 

The  Athenaeum,  1901. 

Archer’s  “The  Theatrical  World.”  Vol.  V. 
Walter  Scott,  Ldt.,  1894-98.  5 vols. 


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CLASSIC  AND  MODERN  FRANCE. 


Racine’s  “Phedre.” 

Publisher,  MacMillan.  Price,  2 vols.  each, 

$1.00. 

Corneille’s  “The  Cid.” 

Pellissier  ed. 

Publisher,  Longmans,  Green  & Co.,  Price,  45c. 
References:  Vaughan’s  “Types  of  Tragic 
Drama.”  See  above. 

Guizot’s  “Corneille  and  His  Times.” 

Publisher,  Harper  Bros.  Price,  $1.50. 
Library  of  the  World’s  Best  Literature. 
Vols.  7,  10,  21,  30. 

Molieres’  “The  Imaginary  Invalid.”  Temple 
edition. 

Publisher,  McClure.  Price,  each,  45c.  or 
F.  Tarver  ed.  MacMillan,  60c. 
References : H.  C.  Chatfield  Taylor’s  “Mo- 
liere : “A  Biography.”  Publisher,  Duffield 
& Co.  Price,  $3.00. 

Mrs.  Oliphant’s  and  F.  Tarver’s  “Moliere  in 
Foreign  Classics  for  English  Readers.” 
Publisher,  Lippincott.  Price,  $1.00. 

Hugo’s  “Hernani.” 

Translators,  Crosland  & Slous. 

Publisher,  MacMillan  & Co.  Price.  $1.00. 
References:  “Vaughan’s  “Types  of  Tragic 
Drama.”  See  above. 

Matthews’  “French  Dramatists  of  the  Nine- 
teenth Century.”  Publisher,  Scribner. 
Price,  $1.25. 

Library  of  the  World’s  Best  Literature. 
Vols.  13  or  19. 

Scribe  & Legouve  “The  Battle  of  the  Ladies.” 
Bull  ed. 

Publisher,  MacMillan.  Price,  50c. 
References:  Library  of  the  World’s  Best 
Literature.  Vols.  22  or  33. 

Matthews’  “French  Dramatists  of  the  Nine- 
teenth Century.”  See  above. 

Rostand’s  “Cyrano  de  Bergerac.” 

Translator,  Gertrude  Hall. 


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Publisher,  McClure.  Price.  50c. 

References : Chesterton’s  “Varied  Types.” 
Publisher,  Dodd,  Mead  & Co.  Price.  $1.20. 
Wilstach’^  “Richard  Mansfield.” 

Publisher,  Scribner.  Price,  $3.50  net. 

Hale’s  “Dramatists  of  To-day.”  Publisher, 
Holt  & Co.  Price,  $1.50. 

Virginia  M.  Crawford’s  “Foreign  Literature.” 

Publisher,  L.  D.  Page  & Co.  Price,  $1.75. 
Archer’s  “Study  of  the  Stage.” 

Mansfield.  Price,  $1.50. 

The  Nineteenth  Century.  Vol.  XLIV,  pp. 
102-115. 

The  Forum.  Vol.  XXVI,  pp.  502-512. 
Hervieu’s  “Ties.” 

References : Poet  Lore.  Vol.  XV. 

Huneker’s  “Iconoclasts.”  Publisher,  Scrib- 
ner. Price,  $1.50. 

Hale’s  “Dramatists  of  To-day.”  See  above. 
Vaughan’s  “Types  of  Tragic  Drama.” 

See  above. 

International  Quarterlv.  Vol.  VII,  pp.  265- 
280. 

BELGIUM. 

Maeterlinck’s  “Peleas  and  Melisande.” 
Translator,  Laurence  Alma  Tadema. 

Camelot  series,  40c.  Simmons. 

“Monna  Vanna.” 

Translator,  Coleman. 

Publisher,  Harper.  Price,  $1.20. 

“The  Blue  Bird.” 

Publisher,  Dodd,  Mead  & Co.  Price,  $1.20. 
References : Poet  Lore,  Vol.  XV. 

The  Nineteenth  Century,  1902. 

“Maeterlinck  as  a Mystic.”  Symons  in  the 
Athenaeum,  1900 

Maeterlinck’s  “Evolution  of  Mystery”  in  the 
Fortnightly  Review,  1900. 

Chesterton’s  “Varied  Types.”  See  above. 
Huneker’s  “Iconoclasts.”  See  above. 

“The  Later  Heroines  of  Maurice  Maeter- 
linck” by  Mme.  Maeterlinck  in  the  Fort- 
nightly Review,  January,  19101 


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CLASSIC  AND  MODERN  GERMANY. 


Lessing’s  “Nathan  the  Wise.” 

Dramatic  Works.  Macmillan.  2 vols.,  each, 

$1  00 

References : T.  W.  Rolleston’s  “Life  of 
Lessing”  in  Great  Writers  Series.  Pub- 
blisher,  Scribner.  Price,  $1.00. 

Hosmer’s  “Short  History  of  German  Liter- 
ature.” Publisher,  Scribner.  Price,  $2.00. 
Taylor’s  “Studies  in  German  Literature.” 

Publisher.  Putnam.  Price,  $2.00. 

Scherer’s  “History  of  German  Literature.” 
Publisher.  Scribner.  Price,  2 vols.,  $3.50. 
Goethe’s  “Egmont.” 

Publisher,  MacMillan.  Price,  60c. 
References : G.  H.  Lewes'  “Life  of  Goethe.” 

Publisher,  Houghton  Mifflin.  Price,  $1.50. 
Hayward’s  “Goethe.” 

Publisher,  Lippincott.  Price,  $1.00. 

Sime’s  “Life  of  Goethe.”  Publisher,  Scrib- 
ner. Price,  $1.00. 

Grimm’s  “Life  and  Times  of  Goethe.”  Pub- 
lisher, Little,  Brown  & Co.  Price,  $2,50. 
Foyesen’s  “Goethe  and  Schiller.”  Publisher, 
Scribner.  Price,  $2.00. 

Schiller’s  “Mary  Stuart.” 

Publisher,  MacMillan.  Price,  $1.00. 
References:  Nevinson’s  “Life  of  Schiller.” 

Publisher,  Scribner.  Price,  $1.00. 

Thomas’  “Life  and  Works  of  Schiller.  Pub- 
lisher, Henry  Holt.  Price,  $1.50. 

Boyesen’s  “Goethe  and  Schiller.”  See  above. 
Scherer’s  “History  of  German  Literature.” 
See  above. 

Georg  Witkowski’s  “German  Drama  of  the 
Nineteeth  Century.” 

Publisher,  Henry  Holt.  Price,  $1.00. 
Sudermann’s  “Magda.” 

Publisher,  Samuel  French.  Price,  50c. 
References:  The  Atlantic  Monthly,  1898. 
The  Forum,  November,  1898. 

Hale’s  “Dramatists  of  To-day.”  See  above. 


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Huneker’s  “Iconoclasts”  See  above. 
Archer’s  “The  Theatrical  World.”  Vol.  Ill 
and  IV.  See  above. 

Witkowski’s  “German  Drama  of  the  Nine- 
teenth Century.”  See  above. 

Shaw’s  “Dramatic  Opinions  and  Essays.” 
Brentano.  Price,  $2.50. 

Hauptmann’s  “The  Sunken  Bell.” 

Publisher,  Henry  Holt  & Co.  Price,  80c. 
References : Kuno  Francke’s  “Glimpses  of 
Modern  German  Culture,”  chapter  VI. 
Publisher,  Dodd,  Mead  & Co.  Price,  $1.25. 
The  Living  Age,  1908. 

Hale’s  “Dramatists  of  To-day.”  See  above. 
Huneker’s  “Iconoclasts.”  See  above. 
Publisher,  Charles  Scribner’s  Sons. 

Price,  $1.50. 

The  Spectator,  1900,  p.  602, 

ITALY. 

D’Annunzio’s  “La  Gioconda.” 

Publisher,  R.  H.  Russell.  Price,  $1.00. 

(To  be  found  possibly  in  libraries,  but  out 
of  print  at  present.) 

References : Kennard’s  “Italian  Romance 
Writers.”  Publisher,  Brentano’s.  Price, 
$2.00. 

Poet  Lore,  July,  1903  and  1907. 

Huneker’s  “Iconoclasts.”  See  above. 

RUSSIA. 

Gogol’s  “The  Inspector.” 

Translator,  A.  A.  Sykes.  In  Camelot  series. 
Publisher,  Walter  Scott  Co.  Price,  40c. 
References:  Introduction  to  the  translation 
by  Sykes. 

Library  of  the  World’s  Best  Literature. 
Vol.  II. 

Tolstoi’s  “The  Powers  of  Darkness.” 
Translator,  Louise  and  Aylmer  Maude. 
Publisher,  Funk  & Wagnalls.  Price,  $1.50. 


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References  : HapgoocTs  “The  Stage  in  Amer- 
ica,” pp.  219,  221.  Publisher,  The  Mac- 
millan Co.  Price,  $1.75. 

Crosby’s  “Tolstoi — His  Message/’  Publisher, 
Funk  & Wagnalls.  Price,  50c. 

Waliszewski’s  “Russian  Literature.”  Pub- 
lisher, D.  Appleton  Co.  Price,  $1.50. 

Gorki’s  “A  Night’s  Lodging.” 

Publisher,  Poet-Lore,  Boston.  Price,  $1.00. 

References : Dillon’s  “Maxim  Gorki.” 

Publisher,  McClure.  Price,  $1.50. 

Huneker’s  “Iconoclasts.”  See  above. 

“Art  and  Ethics  of  Gorki”  in  the  Contem- 
porary Review,  1902. 

NORWAY. 

Ibsen’s  “Love’s  Comedy.” 

“John  Gabriel  Borkman.” 

“An  Enemy  of  the  People.” 

“The  Master  Builder.” 

Translator,  William  Archer. 

Publisher,  Scribner,  N.  Y.,  Price,  $1.00  each. 

References : Boyesen’s  “A  Commentary  on 
the  Writings  of  Henrik  Ibsen.”  Pub- 
lisher, Macmillan.  Price,  $2.50. 

Edmund  Gosse’s  “Northern  Studies.”  Pub- 
lisher, Walter  Scott  Co.  Price,  40c. 

Haldane  Macfail’s  “Ibsen — The  Man,  His 
Art  and  His  Significance.”  Publisher,  Mor- 
gan Shepherd  Co.  S.  F.  Price,  $1.50. 

Shaw’s  “Quintessence  of  Ibsenism.”  Bren- 
tano’s,  New  York.  Price,  $1.00. 

Shaw’s  “Dramatic  Opinions  and  Essays.” 
See  above. 

Archer’s  “Theatrical  World.”  Vol.  V.  See 
above. 

Huneker’s  “Iconoclasts.”  See  above. 

Brande’s  “Ibsen — Critical  Studies.”  Pub- 
lisher, MacMillan  & Co.,  N.  Y.,  Price,  $2.50. 

Vaughan’s  “Types  of  Tragic  Drama.”  See 
above. 


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Filon’si  “The  English  Stage.”  Publisher, 
Dodd,  Mead  & Co.  Price,  $2.50. 
Bjornson’s  “A  Gauntlet” 

Translator,  Alfred  Kates  in  the  Drama. 

Vol.  XVII,  pp.  225-280. 

References:  Library  of  the  World’s  Kest 
Literature,  Vol.  IV  or  V. 

Brande’s  “Ibsen  and  Bjornson — Critical  Stu- 
dies.” See  above. 


CLASSIC  ENGLAND. 


Shakespeare’s  “Othello.” 

References  : Brande’s  “Shakespeare — A Crit- 
ical Study.”  Publisher,  The  Macmillan 
Co.  Price,  $2.50. 

Gould’s  “The  Tragedian.” 

Publisher,  Hurd  & Houghton.  Price,  $1.75. 
Thorndike’s  “Tragedy.”  Publisher,  Hough- 
ton, Mifflin  & Co.  Price,  $1.50. 

Vaughan’s  “Types  of  Tragic  Drama.”  See 
above. 

Shaw’s  “Dramatic  Opinions  and  Essays.” 
See  above. 

The  familiar  but  never  out-worn  essays  of 
Coleridge  and  Hazlett  and  Lamb  on  the 
play.  In  the  Everyman’s  Library,  each  35c. 
And  the  Appendices  of  Dr.  Furness’  Vari- 
oriem  edition  of  “Othello.” 

Sheridan’s  “The  School  for  Scandal.” 
Publisher,  E.  P.  Dutton.  Price,  35c. 
References:  Walter  Sichel’s  “Life  of  R.  B. 
Sheridan.”  2 vols.  Publisher,  Houghton, 
Mifflin  & Co.  Price,  $7.50. 

Doran’s  “Annals  of  the  English  Stage.”  2 
vols.  Publisher,  David  McKay.  Price, 
$2.50. 

Archer’s  “Theatrical  World,”  Vol.  IV. 

See  above. 

Shaw’s  “Dramatic  Opinions  and  Essays.” 
See  above. 


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MODERN  ENGLAND. 


Sheridan  Knowles’  “The  Hunchback.” 

Publisher,  Dramatic  Pub.  Co.,  Chicago. 
Price,  15  cents. 

References:  Archer’s  “Theatrical  World.” 
Vol.  I.  See  above. 

Alfred  Bates’  “The  Drama,”  Vol.  XVI.,  pp. 
14-19. 

Bulwer  Lytton’s  “Richelieu,”  and  “The  Lady 
of  Lyons.” 

Publisher,  Penn  Pub.  Co.  Price,  15c. 
References : Filon’s  “The  English  Stage.” 

Publisher,  Dodd,  Mead  & Co.  Price,  $2.50. 
Alfred  Bates’  “The  Drama,”  Vol.  XVI. 

pp.  26-28. 

Robertson’s  “Caste.” 

Publisher,  Penn  Pub.  Co.  Price.  15c. 
Clement  Scott’s  “Drama  of  Yesterday  and 
To-day.”  Publisher,  Macmillan.  2 vols. 
Price,  $8.00. 

Clapp’s  “Reminiscences  of  a Dramatic  Critic.” 
Publisher,  Houghton  Mifflin  & Co.  Price, 
$1.75. 

Filon’s  “The  English  Stage.”  See  above. 
Shaw’s  “Dramatic  Opinions  and  Essays.” 

See  above. 

Archer’s  “Theatrical  World,”  Vols.  II  & V. 
Note.  In  connection  with  “Caste.”  Pinero’s 
comedy  “Trelawney  of  the  Wells.”  should 
be  read.  Robertson  under  a thin  disguise 
being  drawn  in  the  hero  of  that  play. 

It  is  published  by  Dramatic  Publishing  Co., 
Chicago.  50c. 

Tennyson’s  “Fecket.” 

Becket  not  published  separately — any  ed.  of 
Tennyson. 

References:  Hallam  Tennyson’s  “Alfred 
Lord  Tennyson — A Memoir.”  See  index 
for  Becket  allusions.  Publisher.  The  Mac- 
millan Co.  Price,  $4.00. 


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Walter  Herries  Pollock’s  “Impressions  of 
Henry  Irving.”  Longmans.  Price,  $1.00. 

Bram  Stoker’s  “Personal  Reminiscences  of 
Henry  Irving.”  See  index  for  Becket 
allusions.  2 vols.  Publisher,  Macmillan. 
Price,  $7.50. 

Pinero’s  “The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray,”  and 
“The  Princess  and  the  Butterfly.” 

Publisher,  Walter  Baker  Co.  Price,  50c. 
each. 

References : Filon’s  “The  English  Stage.” 
See  above. 

North  American  Review.  1893. 

“Some  Women  of  Pinero”  in  North  Amer- 
ican Review.  1908. 

Hale’s  “Dramatists  of  To-day.”  See  above. 

Archer’s  “Theatrical  World,”  Vol.  V. 

Hapgood’s  “The  Stage  in  America.”  See 
above. 

“Pinero’s  Work  as  a Dramatist”  in  the 
Critic,  Vol.  XXXVII.,  p.  117. 

Shaw’s  “Dramatic  Opinions  and  Essays.” 
See  above. 

Shaw’s  “Candida.” 

Brentano’s,  N.  Y.  (in  Vol.  II.  “Plays  Pleas- 
ant and  Unpleasant.”)  Price,  set  of  2 
vols.  $2.50. 

References : Borsa’s  “The  English  Stage  of 
Today.”  Publisher,  John  Lane  Co.  Price, 
$2.50. 

Hale’s  “Dramatists  of  Today.”  See  above. 

Huneker’s  “Iconoclasts.” 

Mencken’s  “George  Bernard  Shaw — His 
Plays.”  Publisher,  John  W.  Luce  & Co. 
Price,  $1.00. 

Henry  Arthur  Jones’  “The  Silver  King”  and 
“The  Hypocrite.” 

Publisher,  Samuel  French.  Price,  50c.  each. 

References:  The  Theatre  Magazine,  1906. 


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Note.  For  the  spirit  that  has  directed  Mr. 
Jones’  work,  see  his  “Renasence  of^  the 
English  Drama.”  Macmillan  & Co.,  N'.  Y. 
Price,  $1.75. 

Stephen  Phillips’  “Paolo  and  Francesca.” 
Publisher,  John  Lane  Co.  Price,  $1.25. 
References  : The  Forum,  1900. 

The  Nineteenth  Century,  1899,  p.  915. 

The  Saturday  Review,  1899. 

The  Spectator,  1899. 

Borsa’s  “The  English  Stage  of  Today.” 
See  above. 


IRELAND. 

Yeats’  “The  Land  of  the  Heart’s  Desire.” 

Publisher,  The  Macmillan  Co.  Price,  $1.75. 

References:  Symons’  “Studies  in  Prose  and 
Verse,”  1904.  Publisher,  E.  P.  Dutton 
Co.  Price,  $2.50. 

Kraus’  “William  Butler  Yeats.”  Publisher, 
Doubleday,  Page  & Co.  Price,  75c. 

Borsa’s  “The  English  Stage  of  Today,” 
chapter  on  “The  Irish  National  Theatre.” 
See  above. 

Archer’s  “Theatrical  World,”  Vol.  II. 

“Poet  Lore,”  Vol.  XV. 

Synge’s  “The  Playboy  of  the  Western  World.” 

Publisher,  Maunsel  & Co.,  Dublin.  Price,  80c. 

References : The  author’s  preface  to  the 
play  as  published  by  the  Abbey  Press, 
Dublin,  and  allusions  in  the  writings  of 
William  Butler  Yeats. 


UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 

John  Howard  Payne’s  “Brutus.” 

Out  of  print.  To  be  found  in  libraries. 
References : Preface  and  notes  to  the  play 
as  edited  by  William  Winter. 

Boker’s  “Francesca  de  Rimini.” 

Out  of  print.  To  be  found  in  libraries. 


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Reference:  William  Winter's  “Shadows  of 
the  Stage,"  Vol.  III.  Publisher,  Mac- 
millan & Co.  Price,  75. 

Taylor's  “Our  American  Cousin." 

Publisher,  Samuel  French.  Price,  50c. 

References : Clapp’s  “Reminiscences  of  a 
Dramatic  Critic."  See  above. 

See  also  various  biographies  of  Abraham 
Lincoln. 

Clyde  Fitch's  “Eeau  Brummel." 

Publisher,  John  Lane  Co.  Price,  $1.50. 

References  : William  Winter’s  “Life  and  Art 
of  Richard  Mansfield."  Publisher,  Moffatt, 
Yard  & Co.  Price,  $6.00. 

William  Winter's  “Shadows  of  the  Stage." 
See  above. 

Fitch’s  “The  Girl  with  the  Green  Eyes." 

Publisher,  Macmillan  Co.  Price,  75c. 

Mackaye’s  “The  Scarecrow."  and  “Mater." 

Publisher,  Macmillan  Co.  Price,  $1.25  each. 

Moody’s  “The  Great  Divide"  and  “The  Faith 
Healer." 

Macmillan  & Co.  Price,  $1.25  each. 

References : The  files  of  the  Nation,  The 
Theatre  Magazine  and  the  Dramatic  Mir- 
ror may  be  referred  to  for  reviews  of  these 
plays,  contemporaneous  with  their  per- 
formance. 

Tarkington  and  Wilson's  “The  Man  from 
Home." 

Publisher,  Harpers.'  Price,  $1.25. 

Reference:  ‘The  Theatre  Magazine,  1908. 

Josephine  Preston  Peabody  Marks'  “The  Pi- 

>> 

per. 

Publisher,  Houghton,  Mifflin  & Co.  Price, 

$1.10. 

Note.  For  studies  of  recent  phases  of  the 
drama  and  the  art  of  acting  in  America, 
see  Walter  P.  Eaton's  “The  American 


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Stage  of  Today.”  Publisher,  Small  & 
Maynard  Co.  Price,  $1.50.  Percy  Mack- 
aye’s  “The  Playhouse  and  the  Play.”  Mac- 
millan Co.  Price,  $1.25.  Norman  Hap- 
good’s  “The  Stage  in  America.”  See 
above.  Caffin’s  “Appreciation  of  the 
Drama.”  Publisher,  Baker  & Taylor  Co. 
Price,  $1.50. 


LECTURE  BUREAU., 

The  Drama  League  of  America  takes  pleas- 
ure in  endorsing  the  following: 

Lecturers, 

Anspacher,  Dr.  Louis  K.,  Tuckahoe,  N.  Y. 

Baker,  Dr.  George  P.  Baker,  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, Cambridge,  Mass. 

Frown,  Dr.  Alfred  H.,  687  Boylston  St.,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

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of  the  new  Irish  dramatic  movement,  led  by  W.  B.  Yeats 
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THE  IRISH  NATIONAL  THEATRE  SOCIETY 

This  Society  is  the  outcome  of  The  Irish  Literary  Theatre, 
which,  founded  by  Mr.  Yeats  in  1898,  soon  gave  rise  to  The 
Irish  National  Dramatic  Company.  Under  its  present  name. 
The  Irish  National  Theatre  Society  has  been  established,  since 
1904,  in  the  Abbey  Theatre,  Dublin. 

“ For  years  Mr.  Yeats’s  dream  had  been  to  set  going  a the- 
atre for  the  presentation  of  literary  plays  that  should  appeal  not 
merely  to  a cult  but  to  the  popular  heart.  The  organization 
called  the  Irish  Literary  Theatre,  in  whose  institution  [united] 
Mr.  Yeats,  Lady  Gregory  and  Mr.  Martyn,  joined  later  by 
Mr.  George  Moore,  whose  knowledge  of  the  stage  was  well 
nigh  indispensable  to  the  success  of  the  adventure,  has  at  last 
made  this  dream  something  like  a reality.  The  dramatic 
activity,  beginning  in  1899,  at  a moment  when  there  was  a 
lull  in  the  literary  revival,  gave  the  whole  movement  a new 
impulse.  The  performances  of  the  Literary  Theatre,  and  its 
successor,  the  Irish  National  Theatre  Society,  have  been  a 
practical  illustration  of  the  ideas  for  which  Mr.  Yeats  and  his 
associates  stand.”  William  Butler  Teats  and  the  Irish  Literary 
Revival , H.  S.  Krans,  1904. 

“We  must  make  a theatre  for  ourselves  and  our  friends,  and 
for  a few  simple  people  who  understand  from  sheer  simplicity 
what  we  understand  from  scholarship  and  thought.  We  have 
planned  the  Irish  Literary  Theatre  with  this  hospitable  emo- 
tion, and,  that  the  right  people  may  find  out  about  us,  we 
hope  to  act  a play  or  two  in  the  spring  of  every  year  ; and  that 
the  right  people  may  escape  the  stupefying  memory  of  the  the- 
atre of  commerce  which  clings  even  to  them,  our  plays  will  be 


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for  the  most  part  remote,  spiritual,  and  ideal.’ ’ The  Theatre 
in  Ideas  of  Good  and  Evil , W.  B.  Yeats,  May,  [899. 

“Yeats’s  original  idea  of  a theatre  was  a little  mist,  some 
fairies  and  a psaltery,  and  his  achievements  are  realistic  plays 
and  an  admirable  company  of  actors  and  actresses.”  George 
Moore,  in  the  Boston  Transcript , Sept.  23,  1911. 

“ In  the  express  desire  for  ‘ something  better  than  the  ordi- 
nary play  of  commerce,’  the  Irish  Literary  Theatre  was 
founded  in  1898.  ...  Its  concern  was  with  ‘plays  that  are 
literature.’  In  the  beginning,  English  actors  were  brought  over 
to  play  in  them.  . . . In  1901  performances  were  given  by 
Mr.  W.  G.  Fay’s  little  company  of  Irish  amateurs,  calling 
themselves  the  Irish  National  Dramatic  Company,  and  then  the 
Irish  National  Theatre  Society.  It  was  this  company  which 
brought  to  St.  George’s  Hall,  London,  in  May,  1903,  The 
Hour  Glass  and  Kathleen  Ni  Houlihan  of  Mr.  Yeats,  and 
Lady  Gregory ’s  Twenty-five.  The  refreshing  quality  of  their 
simple  and  sincere  art  came  as  something  of  a revelation  of 
what  might  be  done  in  the  theatre  with  a limited  expenditure 
by  a company  intent  upon  doing  good  work.  Miss  Horniman 
acquired  the  lease  of  the  Abbey  Theatre,  rebuilt  it,  and  gave 
the  Irish  National  Theatre  Society  its  free  use.  From  1904  to 
1910  Miss  Horniman  in  addition  gave  the  society  a small 
annual  subsidy.”  The  Repertory  Theatre , P.  P.  Howe. 

“ Once,  when  in  later  years,  anxious  about  the  educational 
effect  of  our  movement,  I proposed  adding  to  the  Abbey  Com- 
pany a second  company  to  play  international  drama,  Synge, 
who  had  not  hitherto  opposed  me,  thought  the  matter  so  im- 
portant that  he  did  so  in  a formal  letter.  I had  spoken  of  a 
German  municipal  theatre  as  my  model,  and  he  said  that  the 
municipal  theatres  all  over  Europe  gave  fine  performances  of 
old  classics,  but  did  not  create,  (he  disliked  modern  drama  for  its 
sterility  of  speech,  and  perhaps  ignored  it),  and  that  we  would 
create  nothing  if  we  did  not  give  all  our  thoughts  to  Ireland.” 
Synge  and  the  Ireland  of  his  Time , W.  B.  Yeats,  191  1. 

“ I have  chosen  all  of  my  themes  from  Irish  legend  or  Irish 
history,  and  my  friends  have  made  joyous,  extravagant,  and,  as 
I am  certain,  distinguished  comedy  out  of  the  common  life  of 
the  villages,  or  out  of  a phantasy  trained  by  the  contemplation  of 
that  life  and  of  the  tales  told  by  its  firesides.  This  theatre 
cannot  but  be  the  more  interesting  to  people  of  other  races 


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because  it  is  Irish,  and,  therefore,  to  some  extent,  stirred  by 
emotions  and  thoughts  not  hitherto  expressed  in  dramatic  form, 
for  the  arts  have  always  gained  by  their  limitations,  and  I look  for- 
ward to  a day  when  a company  will  carry  its  plays  into  other  lands, 
— above  all,  where  there  are  Irish  people, — and  when  I close  my 
eyes  I can  see  all  plainly.  It  will  play  principally  comedy,  for  the 
day  of  tragedy  will  return  slowly,  but  of  an  extravagant,  abounding 
kind  that  is  half  poetry.*”  W.  B.  Yeats,  Preface  to  his  Poetical 
Works , Vol.  II;  Macmillan,  December,  1906. 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTE 
For  the  inception,  development,  and  achievements  of  this 
dramatic  movement,  Mr.  Yeats  is  our  best  informant.  See  the 
article  on  “ The  Theatre  ” in  his  “ Ideas  of  Good  and  Evil 
his  editorial  contributions  to  Beltaine , the  organ  of  the  Irish  Lit- 
erary Theatre  (Dublin  and  London,  1899-1900)  ; his  editorial 
contributions  to  Samhain , the  organ  of  the  National  Irish  Theatre 
Society  (Dublin  and  London,  1901-1906,  1908);  his  prefaces 
and  appendices,  especially  in  the  second  volume  of  his  “ Poetical 
Works”  (Macmillan);  and  the  press  reports  of  his  addresses  in 
Boston  and  New  York,  Sept.  23 — Oct.  20,  1911.  Poole’s 
“ Index  ” and  other  library  indices  will  be  sufficient  guide  to  the 
magazine  discussion  of  the  movement  in  general,  but  it  may  be 
noted  that  special  value  attaches  to  Stephen  Gwynne’s  contribu- 
tions to  the  Fortnightly  Review  ; in  December,  1901,  “The 
Irish  Literary  Theatre  and  its  Affinities  9 9 ; in  December,  1902, 
“ An  Uncommercial  Theatre.”  Fresh  material  is  given  in 
George  Moore’s  “ Ave,”  just  published  by  the  Appletons. 

WILLIAM  BUTLER  YEATS.  1866— 

“ The  future  will  look  back  to  Mr.  Yeats  as  to  a landmark 
in  the  literary  history  of  Ireland,  both  because  of  his  artistic 
achievement  and  because  he  has  been  a leader  in  a remarkable 
movement.  Through  his  poetry  the  Celtic  spirit  moves  like  a 
fresh  wind.”  William  Butler  Teats , H.  S.  Krans,  1904. 

PLAYS  BY  W.  B.  YEATS 

(With  places  and  dates  of  first  production.) 

The  Land  of  Heart’s  Desire,  Avenue  Theatre , London , April,  1894. 
The  Countess  Cathleen,  Antient  Concert  Rooms , Dublin , May  8,  1899. 
Diarmuid  and  Grania  (with  George  Moore),  The  Gaiety  Theatre , Dublin , 
October  21,  1901. 


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Cathleen  Ni  Houlihan,  St.  Teresa  s Hall , Dublin , April  2,  1902. 

A Pot  of  Broth,  Antient  Concert  Rooms , Dublin , October  30,  1902. 

The  Hour-Glass,  Moles'ivorth  Hall , Dublin , March  14,  1903. 

The  King’s  Threshold,  Moles'ivorth  Hall , Dublin , October  8,  1903. 
Where  There  Is  Nothing,  Stag-*?  Society , London , 1903. 

The  Shadowy  Waters,  Moles'ivorth  Hall , Dublin , January  14,  1904. 

On  Baile’s  Strand,  at  the  opening  of  Abbey  Theatre , (with  Lady 
Gregory’s  Spreading  the  News),  December  27,  1904. 

Deirdre,  Abbey  Theatre , November  24,  1906. 

The  Unicorn  from  the  Stars  (with  Lady  Gregory),  Abbey  Theatre , 
November  21,  1907. 

The  Golden  Helmet,  Abbey  Theatre , March  19,  1908. 

The  Green  Helmet,  Abbey  Theatre , February  10,  1910. 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTE 
Horatio  Sheafe  Krans,  at  the  end  of  his  volume,  “William 
Butler  Yeats  and  the  Irish  Literary  Revival  ’ ’ — contributed  to 
the  “ Contemporary  Men  of  Letters  Series,”  (McClure,  Phillips 
& Co.,  New  York,)  in  1 904 — gives  a bibliography  of  Mr.  Yeats’ 
work  (except  for  a few  periodical  items)  to  that  date.  A later 
and  fuller  bibliography,  by  Alan  Wade,  is  appended  to  Mr. 
Bullen’s  edition  (1908)  of  “ The  Collected  Works  in  Verse  and 
Prose  of  William  Butler  Yeats,”  8 vols.,  Shakespeare  Head 
Press,  Stratford-on-Avon.  In  America  the  plays  are  more  con- 
veniently procured  in  the  Macmillan  editions  than  in  those 
carried  by  Maunsel  & Co.  of  Dublin.  In  the  magazines  and 
reviews  of  the  past  twenty  years  may  be  found  many  notices 
of  Mr.  Yeats,  with  discussions  of  his  successive  books.  A 
comprehensive  study  of  “ The  Writings  of  Mr.  W.  B.  Yeats  ” 
appeared  in  The  Fortnightly  Review  for  February,  1909. 

JOHN  MILLINGTON  SYNGE.*  1871  — 1909 

“ He  loves  all  that  has  edge,  all  that  is  salt  in  the  mouth,  all 
that  is  rough  to  the  hand,  all  that  heightens  the  emotions  by 
contest,  all  that  stings  into  life  the  sense  of  tragedy.  . . . 
The  food  of  the  spiritual-minded  is  sweet,  an  Indian  scripture 
says,  but  passionate  minds  love  bitter  food.”  Synge  and  the 
Ireland  of  his  Time , W.  B.  Yeats,  1911. 

PLAYS  BY  J.  M.  SYNGE 

The  Shadow  of  the  Glen,  Moles'ivorth  Hall , Dublin , October  8,  1903. 
Riders  to  the  Sea,  Moles'ivorth  Hall , Dublin , February  25,  1904. 

The  Well  of  the  Saints,  Abbey  Theatre , February  4,  1905. 


* Pronounced  Sing. 


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The  Playboy  of  the  Western  World,  Abbey  Theatre , January  26,  1907. 
Deirdre  of  the  Sorrows,  Abbey  Theatre,  January  13,  1910. 

The  Tinker’s  Wedding,  His  Majesty' s Theatre , London , 1910.  (Out  of 
respect  to  Roman  Catholic  feeling,  not  acted  in  Dublin. ) 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTE 

Maunsel  & Co.,  Dublin,  and  Luce  & Co.,  Boston,  issue  “A 
Collected  Edition  of  the  Works  of  J.  M.  Synge  9 ’ in  four  volumes, 
and  also  the  separate  plays.  The  Shadow  of  the  Glen  and 
Riders  to  the  Sea  are  issued  together  by  Elkin  Mathews  in 
his  Vigo  Cabinet  Series,  and  another  London  publisher,  A.  H. 
Bullen,  brought  out  in  1 905  The  Well  of  the  Saints.  Deirdre 
of  the  Sorrows  was  published  by  J.  Quinn,  New  York,  1910. 
Synge’s  “ Poems  and  Translations”  were  beautifully  printed  at 
the  Cuala  Press,  the  private  press  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Yeats,  the 
poet’s  sister,  in  1909,  and  Deirdre  of  the  Sorrows  in  1910. 
From  the  Cuala  press,  too,  comes  Mr.  Yeats’  latest  volume  : 
“ Synge  and  the  Ireland  of  His  Time.”  The  Cuala  Press  publi- 
cations are  imported  by  Mr.  Mitchell  Kennerley.  In  the  maga- 
zine discussions  of  Synge  and  his  work,  attention  is  especially 
called  to  Miss  Vida  D.  Scudder’s  prefatory  address  to  Riders  to 
the  Sea,  published  with  the  play  in  Poet  Lore , spring  of 
1905,  after  an  amateur  performance  of  the  tragedy  in  Boston  ; 
to  Mr.  Francis  Bickley’s  article,  “Synge  and  the  Drama,”  in  the 
'New  Quarterly , February,  1910  ; to  Lord  Dunsany’s  criticism 
of  the  Court  Theatre  performances  of  Deirdre  of  the  Sor- 
rows, Synge’s  last  drama,  in  the  Saturday  Review,  June  4, 
1910  ; to  Mr.  Warren  Barton  Blake’s  summary  of  Synge’s 
achievements,  under  title  of  “John  Synge  and  His  Plays,” 
in  the  Chicago  Dial,  January  16,  1911,  and  to  Mr.  John 
Mansfield’s  personal  account  of  “John  M.  Synge”  in  the 
Contemporary  Review,  April,  1911.  Synge’s  volume,  “The 
Aran  Islands,”  a diary  of  his  sojourn  among  the  Irish  peasants 
of  the  western  isles,  is  indispensable  to  a full  understanding  of 
his  plays. 

ISABELLA  AUGUSTA  (PERSSE),  LADY  GREGORY. 

1859— 

“There  is  no  bitterness  in  her  laughter.  . . . Some  of  her 
plays,  those  that  touch  upon  some  patriotic  emotion,  are  so  well 
loved  that  men  passing  the  Abbey  Theatre  door  and  seeing 
some  favorite  name  upon  the  bill,  will  pay  their  sixpence,  and 


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having  seen,  say.  The  Rising  of  the  Moon,  for  perhaps  the 
fortieth  time,  will  come  out  after  twenty  minutes  of  emotion 
and  go  upon  their  way.” — W.  B.  Yeats,  in  his  address  before 
the  Drama  League  of  Boston,  September  28,  1911,  as  reported 
in  the  Boston  Transcript  of  September  29. 

Twenty-Five,  Moles<worth  Hall , Dublin , March  14,  1903. 

Spreading  the  News,  at  the  opening  of  The  Abbey  Theatre  (with  Mr. 

Yeats’  On  Baile’s  Strand ),  December' 27,  1904. 

Kincora,  Abbey  Theatre , March  25,  1905. 

The  White  Cockade,  Abbey  Theatre , December  9,  1905. 

Hyacinth  Halvey,  Abbey  Theatre , February  19,  1906. 

The  Gaol  Gate,  Abbey  Theatre , October  20,  1906. 

The  Canavans,  Abbey  Theatre , December  8,  1906. 

The  Jackdaw,  Abbey  Theatre , February  23,  1907. 

The  Rising  of  the  Moon,  Abbey  Theatre , March  9,  1907. 

The  Poorhouse  (with  Dr.  Douglas  Hyde),  Abbey  Theatre , April  3,  1907. 
Dervorgilla,  Abbey  Theatre , October  31,  1907. 

The  Unicorn  from  the  Stars  (with  W.  B.  Yeats),  Abbey  Theatre , 
November  21,  1907. 

The  Workhouse  Ward,  Abbey  Theatre , April  20,  1908. 

The  Image,  Abbey  Theatre , November  11,  1909. 

The  Travelling  Man,  Abbey  Theatre , March  2,  1910. 

The  Full  Moon,  Abbey  Theatre , November  10,  1910. 

Coats,  Abbey  Theatre , December  1,  1910 

The  Deliverer,  Abbey  Theatre,  January  12,  1911. 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTE 

Not  all  the  plays  of  Lady  Gregory  have  as  yet  found  their 
way  into  print.  “ Seven  Short  Plays  ” (Maunsel  & Co.,  19 1 1) 
includes  Spreading  the  News,  Hyacinth  Halvey,  The  Ris- 
ing of  the  Moon,  The  Jackdaw,  The  Workhouse  Ward, 
The  Travelling  Man  and  The  Gaol  Gate.  These  plays 
are  issued  in  Boston  by  Luce.  Maunsel  & Co.  also  include  in 
their  Abbey  Theatre  Series  Kincora  (out  of  print),  The  White 
Cockade,  The  Poor  House  and  The  Image.  The  Full 
Moon  was  published  by  the  author.  A volume  of  her  “Folk 
History  Plays,”  containing  Grania,  Kincora,  Dervorgilla, 
The  Canavans,  The  White  Cockade,  and  The  Deliverer 
will  be  published  by  Putnam  in  February,  1912.  In  addition 
to  her  own  comedies.  Lady  Gregory  has  translated  into  the 
familiar  speech  of  Ireland  a few  plays  from  foreign  literatures. 
Moliere  is  represented  on  the  Abbey  Theatre  stage  by  The 
Doctor  in  Spite  of  Himself  (first  played  April  16,  1906), 
The  Rogueries  of  Scapin  (April  4,  1908),  and  The  Miser 


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(January  21,  1909);  Sudermann  by  Teja  (March  19,  1908); 
and  Goldoni  by  Mirandolina  (February  24,  1910).  On 
January  5,  19 11,  the  players  gave  her  translation  from  the 

Gaelic  of  Dr.  Douglas  Hyde’s  Nativity  Play.  Her  French 
translations  are  now  published  as  “The  Kiltartan  Moliere.” 
(Luce.)  Her  half  dozen  non-dramatic  works,  “Cuchulain  of 
Muirthemne,”  “Gods  and  Fighting  Men,”  “Poets  and 
Dreamers,”  “A  Book  of  Saints  and  Wonders,”  “The  Kil- 
tartan History  Book,”  (Luce)  “The  Kiltartan  Wonder  Book,” 
rendering  as  they  do  the  Irish  hero-lore,  saint-lore  and  fairy-lore 
into  the  vivid,  subtly-cadenced  speech  of  the  Irish  peasantry, 
invite  study,  if  only  for  the  light  they  shed  on  the  sources, 
inspiration  and  linguistic  method  of  this  new  drama. 

OTHER  IRISH  DRAMATISTS 
All  the  plays  mentioned  below  have  been  given  in  Dublin  and, 
if  no  other  place  of  representation  is  named,  in  the  Abbey  The- 
atre. Of  these  plays,  together  with  those  of  Mr.  Yeats,  Synge, 
and  Lady  Gregory,  the  Company  states  that  “ fifty  are  in  active 
repertory,  while  others  are  revived  from  time  to  time.”  In  the 
following  list  plays  published  by  Maunsel  are  indicated  by  f ; 
Gill,  Dublin,  by  ; Brentano  by  ||  ; in  the  Green  Tree 
Library  (Stone,  Chicago),  by  * . The  grouping  attempts  to 
separate  the  men  (I)  otherwise  distinguished  as  leaders  in  the 
revival  of  Irish  letters  from  those  authors  (II)  not  so  directly 
identified  with  this  literary  movement  and,  in  some  cases,  of 
younger  fame,  and  from  the  playwrights  (III)  as  yet  known  to 
the  outside  world  mainly  for  their  share  in  the  achievements  of 
the  Abbey  Theatre. 


I 

DOUGLAS  HYDE,  i860— 

The  Twisting  of  the  Rope  (in  Gaelic),  The  Gaiety  Theatre , Dublin , 

October  21,  1901. 

(Published  in  parallel  columns  in  Gaelic  and  in  a translation  by  Lady  Gregory. ) 
The  Poorhouse  (with  Lady  Gregory),  April  3,  1907. 

GEORGE  MOORE 

* The  Bending  of  the  Bough,  The  Gaiety  Theatre , Dublin , February  19, 
1900. 

Diarmuid  and  Grania  (with  W.  B.  Yeats)  The  Gaiety  Theatre , Dublin , 
October  21,  1901. 


IO 


GEORGE  W.  RUSSELL.  “A.  E.”  1867  — 

f Deirdre,  St.  Teresa  s Hall,  Dublin , April  2,  1902. 

II 

WILFRED  SCAWEN  BLUNT.  1840— 

Fand,  April  27,  1907.  (Privately  printed.) 

PADRAIC  COLUM 

Broken  Soil,  Moles'worth  Hall , Dublin , December  3,  1903.  (Printed  as 
■f*  The  Fiddler’s  House,  with  the  next  play.) 
f The  Land,  June  9,  1905. 

4 Thomas  Muskerry,  May  12,  1910. 

LORD  DUNSANY.  1878— 

The  Glittering  Gate,  April  29,  1909. 

King  Argimenes  and  the  Unknown  Warrior,  January  26,  1911. 

SEUMUS  McMANUS 

The  Townland  of  Tamney,  Moles'worth  Hall , Dublin,  January  14,  1904. 

EDWARD  MARTYN 

The  Heather  Field,  Antient  Concert  Rooms , Dublin,  May  9,  1899. 
Maeve,  The  Gaiety  Theatre , Dublin , February  20,  1900. 

ALICE  MILLIGAN 

The  Last  Feast  of  the  Fianna,  The  Gaiety  Theatre , Dublin , February 
19,  1900. 

G.  BERNARD  SHAW.  1856— 

l|  The  Shewing-up  of  Blanco  Posnet,  August  25,  1909. 

III 

WILLIAM  BOYLE 

-j-  The  Building  Fund,  April  25,  1905. 

-(-  The  Eloquent  Dempsey,  January  20,  1906. 

-j-  The  Mineral  Workers,  October  20,  1906. 

W.  F.  CASEY 

The  Man  Who  Missed  the  Tide,  February  13,  1908. 

The  Suburban  Groove,  October  1,  1908. 

NORREYS  CONNELL 

The  Piper,  February  13,  1908. 

Time,  April  1,  1909. 

An  Imaginary  Conversation,  May  27,  1909. 


1 1 

ST.  JOHN  G.  ERVINE 

f Mixed  Marriage,  March  30,  1911. 

GEORGE  FITZMAURICE 

The  Country  Dressmaker,  October  3,  1907. 

The  Piedish,  March  10,  1908. 

D.  L.  KELLEHER 

Stephen  Grey,  March  11,  1909. 

(Miss)  W.  M.  LETTS 

The  Eyes  of  the  Blind,  April  1,  1907. 

The  Challenge,  October  14,  1909. 

THOMAS  MacDONOGH 

f When  the  Dawn  is  Come,  October  15,  1908. 

T.  C.  MURRAY 

t Birthright,  October  27,  1910. 

SEUMAS  O’CUISIN 

The  Sleep  of  the  King,  Antient  Concert  Rooms , Dublin , October  29,  1902. 
The  Racing  Lug,  Antient  Concert  Rooms , Dublin , October  31,  1902. 

( Published  in  the  newspaper,  The  United  Irishman.  ) 

SEUMAS  O’KELLY 

f The  Shuiler’s  Child,  November  24,  1910. 

R.  J.  RAY 

The  White  Feather,  September  16,  1909. 

The  Casting-out  of  Martin  Whelan,  September  28,  1910. 

JOHANNA  REDMOND 

f Falsely  True.  September,  1911  (unofficially). 

LENNOX  ROBINSON 

t The  Clancy  Name,  October  8,  1908. 
t The  Cross  Roads,  April  1,  1909. 

I"  Harvest,  May  26,  1910. 


FRED  RYAN 


The  Laying  of  the  Foundations,  October  29,  1902. 


BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTE 


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Abbey  Street,  Dublin.  These  publishers,  on  receipt  of  name 
and  address,  offer  to  send  post  free  to  any  one  interested 
in  the  movement  their  “ complete  catalogue  and  special 
list  of  Irish  plays,  giving  plots.  ” From  these  publishers  may 
still  be  had  copies  of  Mr.  Yeats’  “Occasional  Review,” 
Sambain,  and  of  that  later  Irish  periodical.  The  Shanachie , to 
which  the  Irish  playwrights  have  largely  contributed.  A few  of 
the  younger  men  are  briefly  discussed  in  “Ireland’s  National 
Drama”  (North  American  Review,  October,  1 9 1 1 ) by  John 
E.  Hoare,  an  Oxonian  now  in  Montreal  working  with  Dr. 
MacPhail  for  a Canadian  Repertory  Theatre.  Further  infor- 
mation may  be  gleaned  from  books,  articles  and  stage  criticism 
dealing  with  the  new  Irish  drama.  “ Literary  Ideals  in  Ire- 
land” (Fisher  Unwin,  London,  1901)  embodies  a controversy 
in  which  Mr.  Yeats,  “A.  E.,”  and  others  took  part.  Of  in- 
terest in  this  connection,  too,  are  Walkley’s  “ Drama  and 
Life,”  Borsa’s  “The  English  Stage  of  To-day,”  and  Justin 
McCarthy’s  edition  of  “ Irish  Literature,”  Vol.  10.  Under  the 
title  “ A School  of  Irish  Poetry,”  the  Edinburgh  Review  of  Janu- 
ary, 1909,  discusses  recent  volumes  by  Mr.  Yeats,  “A.  E.,” 
and  Mr.  Colum.  Before  and  during  the  visit  of  the  Irish  Players 
to  Boston,  September- October,  1911,  The  Boston  Evening 
Transcript  gave  much  space  to  accounts  of  the  Irish  National 
Theatre  Society  and  to  examination  of  the  score  or  more  of 
their  plays  presented  at  the  Plymouth  Theatre. 


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